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Profiler: True Crime Africa

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Profiler Africa is your front-row seat to the darkest corners of South African crime. Hosted by journalist Paul Llewellyn and forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne—former Head of Forensic Investigation at SAPS—this gripping podcast explores the psychology of serial killers, violent criminals, and the justice system that pursues them. 🔎 Exclusive interviews, real crime scene analysis, and untold details from SA’s most notorious cases. 🎧 Subscribe now and uncover the truth behind the killers

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01:16:38

When the Dead Have No Name | Victim Identification &...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2026/02/25

👉 Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/profiler👉 Become a Channel Member: https://www.youtube.com/@PROFILERAFRICA/join👉 Subscribe to Profiler Africa for weekly episodes📩 Contact / sponsorships: profilerafricainfo@gmail.comThis episode of Profiler Africa focuses on one of the most critical — and least visible — parts of the justice system: victim identification.Paul Llewellyn and forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne speak to Brigadier (Ret.) Helena J (Ras) Van Zyl, who spent decades

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01:14:26

How to Spot a Serial Killer? | And other Questions...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2026/02/17

👉 Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/profiler👉 Become a Channel Member: https://www.youtube.com/@PROFILERAFRICA/join👉 Subscribe to Profiler Africa for weekly episodes📩 Contact / sponsorships: profilerafricainfo@gmail.comSerial killers are often imagined as obvious — strange, isolated, visibly dangerous.In reality, the greatest danger lies in how ordinary they can appear.In this episode of Profiler Africa, Paul Llewellyn and forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne discuss why recognising

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00:18:59

The Case of the Missing Crime Shows

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2026/02/10

Over the past few months, several of our documentaries temporarily disappeared from this channel.That wasn’t an algorithm issue.It was the result of an ongoing legal battle over ownership, authorship, and exploitation of African-made crime television — a case now before the courts.The documentaries are now back on the channel.We’re asking you to watch, share, and amplify them.To help people understand what’s really going on, we published a short explainer video:🎥 The Case of the Missing Crime

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01:06:44

Griekwastad | A Family Murder That Still Haunts South...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2026/02/10

This week on Profiler Africa, hosts Paul Llewellyn and Gérard Labuschagne unpack one of the most disturbing family murder cases in South African history — the Griekwastad murders.In a quiet Northern Cape farming town, an entire family was brutally killed. What followed was an investigation that challenged assumptions about motive, youth violence, emotional detachment, and the limits of early detection. This episode traces the case from the very first report at the police station through to

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01:02:54

Memory on Trial | When Recovered Memories Decide...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2026/02/03

What happens when a criminal case is built not on physical evidence — but on memory?In this episode of Profiler Africa, co-hosts Paul Llewellyn and forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne examine recovered memories and their use in criminal prosecutions.The discussion explores how memory functions, why it is inherently unreliable, and how therapy — when poorly conducted — can unintentionally create false or contaminated memories. Drawing on South African case experience and international forensic

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01:24:30

WHEN RAGE BECOMES MURDER | The Daniel Smit Case

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2026/01/31

In 2022, a 13-year-old boy was murdered in Klawer after stealing fruit from a garden.The man responsible, Daniel Hugo Smit, chased the child in his vehicle, abducted him, and killed him. Claims of occult influence and diminished responsibility were rejected by the court, which sentenced Smit to life imprisonment.In this episode of Profiler Africa, Paul Llewellyn and forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne unpack:the psychology of rage-based violenceentitlement and escalationwhy this was not a

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01:17:57

Brighton Beach Axe Murders | Profiling Joseph...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/11/21

Durban, March 2011.Four men murdered in eight days — two decapitated. All strangers. All ambushed and hacked to death with an axe.The killer: Joseph Phindile Ntshongwana, former Blue Bulls flanker whose life collapsed into delusion, paranoia, and violent psychosis.Family saw the warning signs — hallucinations, erratic behaviour, and a fixed belief in a daughter who didn’t exist.In this episode, forensic psychologist Prof Gerard Labuschagne joins host Paul Llewellyn to unpack how the murders were

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01:26:29

POISON IN ELDOS | The Teacher, The Rattex & 46? Days...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/11/12

This week, we break down the case of Annerize LeoniceSmith, who poisoned her partner Russell Kriel, a respected teacherand rugby mentor, and hid his death for 46 days.We explore the domestic violence that led up to the killing, the psychology ofpoisoning, the extended deception, and what the sentencing tells us aboutintimate partner homicide in South Africa.Featuring forensic psychologist Professor GérardLabuschagne, who prepared the pre-sentencing risk report.Support the show: Subscribe, rate it,

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01:08:01

PREDATOR | Inside South Africa’s Most Disturbing...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/11/12

For over a decade, Gerhard Ackerman operated in plain sight — grooming, abusing, and trafficking young boys under the guise of mentorship and massage therapy.In this unflinching episode of Profiler Africa, Prof Gerard Labuschagne and Paul Llewellyn dissect the psychology behind one of South Africa’s most disturbing child-sex networks.They break down how a trusted man built a hidden empire of exploitation — and how systemic failures let it thrive for years.Inside this episode:🔸 The grooming process

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01:17:02

Inside Forensic Pathology with Dr Candice Hansmeyer |...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/10/28

Dr Candice Hansmeyer has spent her career speaking for the dead — first in South Africa’s chaotic mortuaries, now in Canada’s pristine labs.In this deeply human episode of Profiler Africa, she joins Paul Llewellyn and Prof Gerard Labuschagne to unpack the realities of modern forensic pathology.Together they explore:The stark contrast between South Africa’s crisis and Canada’s calmThe emotional and ethical pressure of working where death never stopsWhy good science depends on good systems — and good

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01:14:46

Kidnap for Ransom in Africa: Inside the World of Real...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/10/28

People disappear every day — but what happens when someone is kidnapped for ransom?This week on Profiler Africa, forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne and host Paul Llewellyn go deep into the world of kidnap-for-ransom, joined by Vincent Swardt, a veteran crisis-response consultant who’s negotiated releases in DRC, Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.Vincent reveals what really happens behind the scenes:🔸 How kidnappers choose their victims🔸 What goes on during ransom negotiations🔸 Why

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01:20:52

The Masoyi Serial Killer: Buried on His Own Property...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/10/28

Between 2017 and 2019, five women vanished in Masoyi, Mpumalanga. Their bodies were later found buried on the killer’s own property — a chilling signature of control and dominance.In this episode, Gerard Labuschagne and Paul Llewellyn are joined by Colonel (Ret.) Kirsten Clark, former SAPS Investigative Psychologist & Criminal Behaviour Specialist, to dissect one of South Africa’s most disturbing serial murder cases.They explore:🔸 How the disappearances were linked and the series uncovered🔸

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01:28:38

Brian Harvey: South Africa’s Serial Stalker |...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/10/01

This week on Profiler Africa, Paul and Gerard Labuschagne unpack one of the strangest and most misunderstood areas in forensic psychology: autoerotic fatality.These are accidental deaths that occur during solo sexual activity when methods used to heighten arousal — like asphyxiation, electrocution, or body wrapping — end in tragedy. Misunderstood, often staged by families, and sometimes mistaken for suicide or murder, these cases present unique challenges for investigators and forensic

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01:06:36

Autoerotic Fatality Explained | Profiler Africa with...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/09/30

This week on Profiler Africa, Paul and Gerard Labuschagne unpack one of the strangest and most misunderstood areas in forensic psychology: autoerotic fatality.These are accidental deaths that occur during solo sexual activity when methods used to heighten arousal — like asphyxiation, electrocution, or body wrapping — end in tragedy. Misunderstood, often staged by families, and sometimes mistaken for suicide or murder, these cases present unique challenges for investigators and forensic

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01:19:07

Inside the Mind of the Lone Actor: with New Zealand's...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/09/16

This week on Profiler Africa, Paul and Gerard Labuschagne are joined by Dr Nathan Brooks, a forensic psychologist and senior lecturer recognised internationally for his research on psychopathy and behavioural risk.Dr Brooks has worked with government, law enforcement, and the private sector on threat assessment, lone-actor violence, and personality disorders, and is known for cutting through myths about psychopaths — not just in criminal settings but also in workplaces and everyday life.In this

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01:07:28

The Pretoria Railway Killer: Satan, DNA & Serial Murder

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/09/10

This week on Profiler Africa, South Africa's leading forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne unpacks one of Pretoria’s most disturbing serial murder cases — the case of Themba Vilakazi, known as the Railway Killer.Between July and November 2005, three males — including an 11-year-old schoolboy — were brutally murdered along Pretoria’s railway lines and near the zoo. Victims were stabbed in the chest or neck, often left partially unclothed, and abandoned near the rail corridor. Years later, a

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01:34:46

Profiler Africa: Serial Arsonist Justin Caruso –...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/08/27

Gérard Labuschagne and Paul Vivare joined by world-renowned arson investigator Ed Nordskog to dissect the chilling case of Justin Caruso, a serial arsonist whose crimes spanned three US states.Caruso’s fires weren’t random. He staged them to look accidental, inserted himself into investigations, and sought recognition as a “hero.” One blaze killed a 74-year-old man in Mesa, Arizona; another nearly claimed the life of an elderly woman just a week later.Nordskog, who personally analysed the case,

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01:30:42

Mother City Massacre: The Sizzlers Story. An...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/08/13

In January 2003, Cape Town was rocked by one of the most brutal mass murders in South African history. Inside a massage parlour called Sizzlers, ten men were bound, tortured, and executed. Nine died. One man — Quinton Taylor — miraculously survived.This was the Sizzlers Massacre: a crime of staggering cruelty, officially recognised as a hate crime against the queer community. The killers, Adam Woest and Trevor Theys, claimed it was a robbery gone wrong — but the evidence revealed something far

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01:18:26

SA's Queen of True Crime: Nicole Engelbrecht & Gerard...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/08/05

This week on Profiler Africa, Paul Viv and Dr. Gerard Labuschagne sit down with Nicole Engelbrecht – South Africa’s leading true crime voice, creator of the chart-topping True Crime South Africa podcast, and author of multiple acclaimed books.In Part 1 of this exclusive two-part interview, Nicole opens up about leaving corporate life to build a victim-first media platform, her journey as an author, and the ethics of telling stories of tragedy.The discussion shifts to one of South Africa’s most

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01:14:38

Insights of an Operational Forensic Psychiatrist with...

Profiler: True Crime Africa ·

2025/07/30

This week on Profiler Africa, forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne sits down with Peter Collins, a globally recognized operational forensic psychiatrist who’s spent over 30 years on the frontline of violent crime investigations.Collins isn’t a “profiler”—he’s a psychiatrist who’s shaped how police understand, manage, and investigate high-risk offenders. From hostage negotiations and threat assessments to developing tools like ViCLAS for linking violent crimes, Collins has worked with agencies

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